Blake Rice
Directing
Biography
Blake Winston Rice is a writer-director from New Jersey and a graduate of Rowan University. His breakout short, Tea (2024), a 1990s dramedy starring Michael Gandolfini and executive produced by Patty Jenkins, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to screen at 13 Oscar-qualifying festivals, earning awards at RiverRun, Charlotte, HollyShorts, Bushwick, Yellowstone, and Micheaux. Tea is now a Vimeo Staff Pick and streaming on Kanopy. Blake is represented by Kaplan Perrone. His most recent short DISC, premiered at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. He is currently in advanced development on his debut feature, The Empty Lot (Wild Atlantic Pictures) alongside his follow-up feature film, Valves.
Known For
An observational portrait of a Korean American cobbler in Nashville, revealing how pride in craft becomes a way of being.
Sole
While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
Tea
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Inhibited by his conventional life, a man named Jay is forced to confront his darkest secret when having to choose between a life of normality and authenticity.
The Greatest
Separated for years, Kate returns out of the blue, to her ex's pool - fulfilling her final promise of letting Cooper teach her how to swim.
Steps
When three young adults venture into the woods, a Tick bite could be more deadly than they ever imagined.
Ticks
In the midst of fighting with her ex-husband, an absentee mother finds herself in the middle of a horrific workplace accident, forced to realize what is truly important in life.
Sawdust
The story of a hookup gone too far up.
DISC
A trauma victim joins a Utopian farming community only to find she's bitten off more than she can chew.
Prime
Handsy and ill-mannered chef, Roger, arrives at work on New Year's day bearing a massive hangover. Coworkers Gwen and Marc realize that their colleague has been placed under a peculiar curse and begin working together together to break this most unusual spell. Together, the trio hysterically wrestle with what appears to be a demonic force inside of Roger, and comically keep it under wraps from their agitated boss. Our riddle is solved in a transforming way as Roger escapes near death, developing a new respect and appreciation for women. The Creeper's Curse puts a comedic and fantastical twist on what could happen to a sleazy and ignorant male.
The Creeper's Curse
Plot TBA. Said to be a comedic family drama.